Chapter 296 The rumormonger

Xia Miaoyuan looked at Xia Zhengqi's flustered expression and covered her mouth with a smile.

[Hahaha, I didn't expect that Daddy would care so much about this rumor!]

Mrs. Meng, who was a little embarrassed, put down her teacup and said softly, "Your Majesty, you don't have to explain it this way."

"I believe it."

"If I didn't trust you to this extent, I wouldn't come even if Ruoyu sent someone to pick me up."

Mrs. Meng's words were quite earnest, and her voice was full of kindness.

As soon as these words came out, Xia Zhengqi's wrinkled brows immediately relaxed.

Seeing this, the prince said at the right time: "Since my mother and grandmother have no misunderstanding, let's quickly discuss the person who spread the rumor."

Xia Zhengqi's bright eyes turned, and he said in a deep voice: "Chengwan, you don't have to worry about investigating the person who spread the rumor. I and your mother are here."

"It's getting late today, you and Chuyue go back home first."

"Your mother and I will investigate this matter. Once we find out, we will not show mercy!"

Seeing Xia Zhengqi's firm attitude, the prince took the hand of the Crown Princess and left with peace of mind.

That night, Xia Zhengqi and the Queen ordered their confidants to send people to investigate in detail in the palace.

In the next few days, Xia Miaoyuan and Xiao Wanyin also took the opportunity to find a few little princes while they were studying in the main hall.

Five days later, after this investigation, the instigator of the rumor surfaced, that is, the Empress Dowager of Shoukang Palace.

And the one who acted as the lackey of the Empress Dowager and spread the rumor in the palace was Lipin.

[Jiang Hui, this old witch, really underestimated her. The Jiang family has already survived, but she still won't stop.]

[She even dared to attack my mother!]

When Xia Miaoyuan heard the news, she was very surprised.

"Your Majesty, how are you going to deal with the Empress Dowager?" The Queen asked in a deep voice.

Xia Zhengqi's eyes widened with anger: "I have given her opportunities several times before. This time, I will not let her stay any longer!"

After saying that, Xia Zhengqi took the empress with him and ordered Debao to drive to Shoukang Palace.

"We want to go too!" Xia Miaoyuan shouted anxiously, pulled Xiao Wanyin up, and ran after the emperor and empress.

[Such a wonderful drama, can't be missed! ]

When the emperor and empress arrived at Shoukang Palace, the empress dowager was in the courtyard, leisurely sipping tea. When

the Empress Dowager saw the Emperor and Empress coming together, she said lovingly, "Didn't I tell you that you are all busy with work, so you don't have to come to pay your respects every day."

When she saw Xia Miaoyuan and Xiao Wanyin following the Emperor and Empress, the Empress Dowager smiled and said, "Oh, even my granddaughter and little Wanyin are here!"

"Hurry up and sit down, don't be restrained!"

The Emperor, Empress and the two children stood there motionless, without moving.

The Empress Dowager's eyes quickly passed over the four people's faces and found that they all had gloomy faces. She was startled in her heart and thought to herself, "Not good!"

Xia Zhengqi said coldly: "Mother, you misunderstood. Today, we are not here to pay respects!"

"We are here to call you to task!"

The Queen Mother was so shocked that she immediately stood up and stammered: "Zhengqi, what nonsense are you talking to your mother!"

"I am old and can't stand such jokes!"

Xia Zhengqi sneered twice and said word by word: "Mother, I recently heard someone in the palace say that a thunderbolt will fall from the sky and will kill the Queen, which means that the Queen is immoral. So I want to depose the Queen and the Crown Prince."

"And even clean up the entire Xiao family."

"They also said that I took Kezun into the palace just as a hostage."

"The strange thing is that I, the person involved, don't know these ideas, but many people in the palace know them." "

I wonder if your mother has ever heard these words?"

The Queen Mother's face changed drastically, her body swayed twice, and she almost fell to the ground.

Nanny Ji rushed forward to support her.

"I, how could I have heard these things?" The Queen Mother smiled awkwardly.

"These rumors in the palace are really ridiculous!"

Xia Zhengqi took two steps closer to the Queen Mother and emphasized his tone: "Your mother said she had never heard of them, but why did Lipin say that you said these words to her?"

The Queen Mother shook her head like a rattle: "Lipin is talking nonsense. How could I have said these to her?"

"Bring him up!" Xia Zhengqi shouted.

There was the sound of orderly footsteps, and four strong and powerful Akabane soldiers came in, dragging two women.

When they got closer, the empress dowager trembled noticeably.

"Miao'er, Ayin, don't look, you'll be scared!" The queen coaxed them softly, holding them in her arms, protecting them, and not letting them look.

[Oh, how can I be so fragile! ] Xia Miaoyuan secretly complained in her heart, and when the queen was not paying attention, she used her little hands to pry and pry, making a crack, and secretly looked out.

[Wow! I didn't expect that Daddy and Mommy did it so well! ]

The two women who were dragged up were Lipin and her personal maid.

The two people seemed to have been tortured, and they all knelt on the ground listlessly.

"Lipin and her confidant have confessed. What else does the mother have to say?" Xia Zhengqi's eyes were cold.

The Queen Mother cried and said, "It must be this bastard who made up a story."

"I know nothing!"

"I have never done it!"

At this time, Debao brought a tray over at the right time.

Xia Zhengqi grabbed a golden step-shaking from the tray, threw it at the feet of the Queen Mother, and said in a deep voice, "Does the Queen Mother recognize this?"

"This is the gift you gave to Lipin as a gift to win her over."

"No, no, no!" The Queen Mother waved her hands in panic.

"I just gave it to her casually."

[The old woman is really stubborn! ]

At this time, Xiaoluzi came up with a tray.

Xia Zhengqi pointed to a few silver ingots on the tray and asked, "Are these also given by the Empress Dowager?"

"She was very generous. She gave Lipin three hundred taels at once and asked her to use it to bribe the head aunts and the chief eunuchs in the palace to spread rumors."

"These silver ingots were searched out of their hands. They confessed everything, saying that the palace maids around Lipin gave them."

"And Lipin has always spent money lavishly. Her own private savings don't even have this much!"

The Empress Dowager's face turned pale.

At this time, Lipin raised her head with all her might, pointed at the Queen Mother and said, "She told me to do it."

"She said that if the Queen was really deposed one day, she would recommend me to be the successor."

[Oh my god, how stupid!]

[How did she survive in the palace when she was so stupid?]

"I didn't do that!"

"I really didn't do that!"

"Lipin, you bastard, why are you so slanderous!"

The Queen Mother was completely panicked, still struggling desperately, refusing to admit it.